#8B2231#8B2231

#8B2231 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.140 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2231
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 49)
HSL	hsl(351, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(351, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 64.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.48, 44.61, 17.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.48, 47.96, 21.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.67% 0.1329 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(42.67% 0.14 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7751, 6.8565, 3.6085)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2231 #228B7C

analogous

#8B2266 #8B2231 #8B4822

triadic

#8B2231 #318B22 #22318B

tetradic

#8B2231 #668B22 #228B7C #48228B

square

#8B2231 #668B22 #228B7C #48228B

split-complementary

#8B2231 #228B48 #22668B

monochromatic

#290A0E #5A1620 #8B2231 #BC2E42 #D55365

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#8B2231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B2231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2231

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2231	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.140 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36668',
    500: '#8b2231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2231;
$custom-light: #b36668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42669,
    "c": 0.13951,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2231

secondary

#50B8AA

accent

#E4CD44

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2231

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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